Games Quote by Nas

Some people say I'm saying what they wanna say. Some people don't agree. Some people are outraged. Some people want to see what the…

— Nas

What's wrong with hip-hop [is that] it became so one-dimensional; it became like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so…

— M.I.A

We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole…

— Anonymous

Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture.

— Troy Carter

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I…

— El-P

Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious sort of…

— Simon de Pury

Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished.

— Grandmaster Flash

I think hip hop is dead. It's all pop now. If you call it hip hop, then you need to stop. Hip hop was…

— Tracy Morgan

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started.

— El-P

Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem,…

— Russell Simmons

Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its…

— Nas

Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.

— K. Flay